Chick Hatchery · Georgia

Dalton Hatchery

Dalton, GA · ~60 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dalton Hatchery runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chick Hatchery workplace, earning a grade C.

Dalton Hatchery: 4.6 TCR = 102% of Chick Hatchery BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dalton Hatchery safety composite

Dalton Hatchery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2016→2019

Dalton Hatchery injury rate improved

Dalton Hatchery's TCR fell 2.5 from 7.9 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Dalton, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 102% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #14/26
  • PHOTO Moyer's Chicks, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Moyer's Chicks, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dalton Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Dalton Hatchery averages 4.6 TCR (102% of the Chick Hatchery BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Dalton Hatchery TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=5.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Dalton Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Chick Hatchery establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 26 Chick Hatchery employers in Georgia.

Dalton Hatchery (60 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 020406080100120 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dalton Hatchery
Dalton Hatchery (60 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Dalton Hatchery has more employees than the Chick Hatchery median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2019 5.4 1.8 3 0 0
2018 3.4 0.0 2 0 0
2017 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2016 7.9 7.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · GA · Dalton

197 Chick Hatchery employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 292 employers in Dalton, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Moyer's Chicks, Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hatchery (Quitman) 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Hazlehurst Hatchery 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Fulton Operating - 116675 Wills Road 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gainesville District - Jackson EMC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prestwick Companies 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheridan Construction 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hamilton Medical Center 1,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant 97 1,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD 1,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR USA Dalton GA Antioch 1,077 FTE
NAT-TCR Fishers Plant 1 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mary Free Bed Orthotics & Prosthetics 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-Swy 0035 1804 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 1560 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE RNO-RENO-AIRPORT 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Ann Rest Home 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nissan West - Irvine 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wyndham Royal Vista - Sales Office 60 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.